Corselet



March 27, 1956 P. J. MORANO CORSELET Filed Nov. 27, 1953 I N V EN TOR.

B11 HM J flare/70 United States Patent i CORSELET Patrick J. Moreno, Newark, N. ,L, rassignor to :Even-Pui Foundations, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application November 27, 1953, Serial No. 394,665

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-30) This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structural refinements in undergarments of the torso encircling and molding type and more specifically, the invention concerns itself with such undergarments which include an upper brassiere section and a lower abdominal section and are generally known as corselets.

It is a matter of common knowledge that when a woman, especially a woman of rather stout proportions wears a conventional girdle and a conventional brassiere, the body constricting characteristic of such conventional undergarments causes the wearers body to bulge in the relatively unconstricted region between the lower edge of the brassiere and the upper edge of the girdle. This bulging eifect, which usually is more pronounced at the front of the body than at the sides or back, is of course most unpleasant, not only from the standpoint of appearance, but of comfort as well.

In an effort to eliminate the bulging eifect, garments commonly known as corselets have been devised, wherein the brassiere and the abdominal sections have been united into a single garment, so that the region of the body between the abdomen and the breast was less free to protrude. However, while such efforts to some extent have met with success, nevertheless, the type of material and the form of construction between the brassiere and abdominal sections of such conventional corselets did not fully overcome the aforementioned disadvantages, in fact, in many instances the disadvantages were merely shifted from one side to another, such as for example, by sacrificing comfort for sake of appearance, or vice versa.

It is, therefore, the primary object of the instant invention to provide a corselet type undergarment of the character herein described, in which the type of material and form of construction are coordinated so as to exercise proper control over the region of the body between the abdomen and the breast, distribute the effect of constricting pressures circumferentially of the body as well as vertically at the front of the body where bulging heretofore has been most pronounced, and otherwise assure factors of proper comfort and good appearance which are essential in undergarments of this type.

With the above more important objects and features in view and such other objects and features as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention resides in the arrangement and details of parts as shown in the accompanying drawings wherein like ref erence numerals are employed to designate like elements and wherein Figure l is a front perspective view illustrating the invention in use;

Figure 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the invention per se;

Figure 4 is an inside elevational view of the front portion of the undergarment;

Figure 5 is a schematic sectional view, taken substantially in the plane of the line 55 in Figure 4, and

, 2,739,312 Patented .Mar. 27, 1956 Figure 6 is :a schematic sectional view, taken substantially in the plane of the line 6--6 in Figure 4.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing in detail, the corselet type undergarment is designated generally by the reference .numeral 10 .andincludes in its construction an upper brassieresection 12 and a lower abdominal section 14. These sections may be of any suitable torso encircling and molding type and it will be noted that the lower edge 16 of the upper section 12 and the upper edge 18 of the lower section 14 are spaced and substantially parallel.

A relatively wide elastic band 20 is interposed between and secured to the edgeslo, 18 of the respective sections 12, 14 and extends completely around the circumference of the undergarment, the band 20 being yieldable circumferentially so that outward pressures imparted thereto by the wearers body are distributed in the circumferential direction and properly equalised.

Moreover, a vertically elongated panel 22 is provided within the undergarment and underlies the front portion thereof, this panel preferably being formed from nonelastic material and having its upper edge 24 secured, as by stitching, to the lower edge of the brassiere section 12. The upper end portion of the panel 22 underlies the front portion of the elastic band 2th but is fully detached therefrom, so that relative movement between the panel and the band is possible. Side edge portions of the panel 22 are connected to the abdominal section 14, which is preferably achieved through the medium of elastic side pieces 26 which may be regarded as components of the panel unit.

The panel 22 is provided at the lower end thereof with depending tongues 28 which are looped and secured to the lower edge of the abdominal section 14 and carry the usual hose suspenders 30 at the front of the garment. Additional suspenders 32 are suitably provided at the back. The garment is also provided at one side thereof with a slit to facilitate donning, the lower portion of the slit being equipped with a slide fastener 34 while the upper portion is equipped with hook and eye units 36.

When the garment is worn, any outward pressure of the body against the elastic band 24) will be distributed circumferentially of the band as already explained. Moreover, the underlying vertically elongated panel 22 will coact with the elastic band 20 in distributing such pressure upwardly and downwardly of the front portion of the garment, whereby the conventionally experienced bulging will be eliminated while maintaining comfort in the garment as a whole. it is to be emphasised that these accomplishments are possible primarily because of the coaction of the circumferentially yieldable elastic band with the vertically elongated underlying panel, as set forth.

Although the accompanying drawings illustrate what is commonly known as a corselet, it is to be understood, of course, that the teachings of the invention may be extended to any combination type undergarment of a similar type, such as for example, a combined brassiere and garter belt, a combined brassiere and panties, or the like.

Accordingly, while in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, various modifications may be resorted to, such as may fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is:

A corselet comprising an upper brassiere section, an endless circumferentially yieldable elastic waist band secured at its upper edge to the lower edge of said brassiere section, a lower abdominal section secured at its upper edge to the lower edge of said waist band, and a vertically elongated panel secured at its upper edge to the lower edge of said brassiere section at the juncture of the latter with the upper edge of said Waist band, side edge portions of said panel being secured to said abdominal section, the lower end portion of said panel underlying the front portion of the abdominal section and the upper end 5 portion of the panel being detached from but underlying the front portion of said waist band in a perpendicularly crossing relation, whereby outward pressure against the lower end portion of said panel may be distributed upwardly by the panel and circumferentially of the waist by 10 said band.

UNITED STATES PATENTS Metz Nov. 4, 1924 Spitalnik July 17, 1951 Rosner Aug. 21, 1951 Dubner May 13, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS France May 17, 1950 

